In a corner of Warehouse 8, a document titled <Icefire Purgatory: Detailed Explanation and Optimization Plan for Dual-Core Linkage Technology> was quietly dragged into an encrypted folder on the Soul Tool screen before Huo Yuhao.
He picked up a brand-new alloy plate and began designing the next project.
The public execution of Xiao Hongchen and his sister became the final straw that broke the camel's back.
The atmosphere in Jing Hongchen's office was so oppressive it seemed one could wring water from it.
The man who controlled Mingde Hall was no longer furious, nor was he bewildered. He simply sat there in silence as the Soul Tool screen before him repeatedly played the world-shattering strike of Icefire Purgatory after it had been radically modified by that tiny "asynchronous bus controller."
"Fan Yu."
He spoke, his voice calm and flat.
"Hall Master, I'm here." Fan Yu had been summoned in an emergency. He now stood rigidly before the desk like a schoolboy, his palms drenched in sweat.
"Starting today, the 'platform project team' will be upgraded to the 'First Technology Development Department.'" Jing Hongchen's words exploded beside Fan Yu's ears like thunder.
"You, Fan Yu, will serve as its first director. You will have S-class clearance, and the budget... will be unlimited."
Boom!
Fan Yu's mind went blank.
S-class clearance? An unlimited budget? Such a thing had never been heard of in Mingde Hall's history! It was equivalent to placing half of Mingde Hall's entire foundation in his hands!
"Hall Master, this... this violates the rules!" Fan Yu protested instinctively.
"I am the rules." Jing Hongchen's voice remained icy. "I have only one requirement."
He raised his head, and those deep eyes churned with a complex mix of fervor and rationality.
"Let that 'Ghost' do as he pleases. I don't care